As we first reported to you on Sunday, well-known Tullahoma businessman Mike Thompson died Sunday afternoon. Thompson died in an apparent swimming accident at his home on Fairview School Road in Coffee County.
Coffee County deputies are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff Dept. Sgt. Kerry Farrar, Thompson was with several family members and friends when he jumped off the diving board and into the pool. According to the report, some of the children that were present grabbed him and had no response from him. Family and friends pulled Thompson out of the pool and began CPR when they discovered Thompson was not breathing.
After his body was taken to Harton Regional Medical it was transferred to the State Medical Examiner’s office, where an autopsy is to be conducted.
Chad Partin of the sheriff’s department is investigating the apparent drowning.
Thompson was the owner of Mike Thompson Ford and Mazda in Tullahoma.

Thieves have burglarized another area church building.
Thieves entered the Victory Baptist Church located on Old Seminary Road in Manchester sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff’s deputy David Grosch that someone apparently pried a rear door open and entered the kitchen.
Donald Rackler of the church reported to the deputy that several items were missing from the church including four small stereos, a TV, a microwave, computer printer and a lamp.
In addition to the items taken the thieves had gone through the offices of the pastor and youth pastor.
Sheriff’s investigator Laura Nettles is investigating the break-in.

Last week, thieves broke into the Cedar Lane Church of Christ and the Covenant Presbyterian Church and removed money.
On April 30th thieves attempted to break into the Hurricane Primitive Baptist Church located on Hurricane Church Road in Manchester. While they did not get anything they did do about $750 in damage to one side of the building.
Jason Dendy is investigating that incident.

Four sponsors of postal reform legislation in the Senate are asking the Postal Service to delay closing post offices and mail processing facilities until a proposed new law is passed. May 15 is the date announced by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to begin closing up to 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 post offices as part of efforts to save the mail agency $6.5 billion a year. Listed on USPS’s originally released chopping block are the Chattanooga Processing Center, which handles mail for Manchester, the Tullahoma area mail, the Normandy Post Office and the Sherwood Post Office. Normandy mail already is transported to the Tullahoma Post Office and then sent on to Chattanooga. If Chattanooga is closed, all area mail will go the Nashville Processing Center, which could cause a one-day delay in receiving mail, postal authorities have said. The Senate-passed bill would save about half of the processing centers from closure and place a one-year moratorium on closing rural post offices. Post offices located more than 10 miles from the next closest mail facility would generally be protected from closure, under the legislation. Normandy, however, is slightly less than 10 miles away, which might possibly put it in jeopardy.

Your water is the best tasting in the region, that according to recent competition sponsored by the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD). At the Region 6 meeting of the TAUD held recently in Fayetteville, water supplied by Duck River Utility commission’s water was judged the best tasting. It is taken from Normandy Reservoir and supplied to customers in Manchester, Tullahoma and surrounding areas. Water samples were drawn from regular customer’s tap within 48 hours before the contest, without benefit of additional filtration, softening or aeration. The samples were transported to Fayetteville chilled, but then allowed to warm to room temperature before being tasted.